ITBP official run over by truck in Delhi

New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) An Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) official was run over by a truck here Monday morning.

The body of Kuldeep Chand Sharma, 55, was recovered from near gate number 3 of the Kashmere Gate Metro station in north Delhi at about 6 a.m.

"Kuldeep was deputed as a subedar major in the force and worked as a national language (Hindi) translator," an ITBP official said.

Sharma, who hailed from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, was posted in Delhi and was coming from his home town to join duty today (Monday), said the official.

Sharma, inducted in the force in 1983, is survived by his wife, a daughter and a son.

Truck driver Naresh, 40, has been arrested.